Creative Discussion: An Antitrust Podcast
Debate With Joel Thayer: Would AICOA Help or Hurt Innovation and Consumer Choice?
Aug 18, 2026
Episode 8
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
This episode of the Creative Discussion podcast features a recent debate between ITIF's Joseph V. Coniglio and Joel Thayer of the Digital Progress Institute on the question of whether the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) would help or hurt innovation and consumer choice. The debate was moderated by veteran tech journalist Nancy Scola and is re-aired here with no substantive edits. Watch the live recording here.
Cases Mentioned
- United States v. Philadelphia National Bank, 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
- Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan, 506 U.S. 447 (1993)
- United States v. Microsoft Corp., 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001)
- Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc., 67 F.4th 946 (9th Cir. 2023)
- United States v. Google LLC, No. 1:20-cv-03010 (D.D.C. Aug. 5, 2024)
- Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-03590 (D.D.C.))